2025 Compare Cities Health:
North Myrtle Beach, SC vs Bowie, MD

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Highlights
- There are 132 physicians per 100,000 people in Bowie.
- There are 160 physicians per 100,000 people in North Myrtle Beach.
- The US average is 210 physicians per 100,000 people.
 North Myrtle Beach, SCBowie, MDUnited States
 Air Quality (100=best)  Unlock50.658.4
 Water Quality (100=best)28  Unlock55
 Superfund Sites (100=best)  Unlock94.786.9
 Physicians per Cap.160  Unlock210
 Health Cost  Unlock93100
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Reviews for North Myrtle Beach    4 Reviews

Over 12 years ago

High taxes, tolls, utilities but close to NYC. Not a good place to retire unless well to do & you have a house on the Jersey shore. Then again, that's if your house  More

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Definitely a tourist area. Not a good place to raise kids! Schools are terrible. Decent amount of crime, nothing too extreme. High accident rate. Dear god do NOT drive  More

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Over 14 years ago

I have visited this area and it is very nice. I am thinking of longer stays. The only thing I find troubling is the lower end rating for water in this area in general.  More

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Reviews for Bowie    15 Reviews

Over 10 years ago

Bowie should have better department stores. One has to travel to another city to find a Nordstroms and other upscale stores. Bowie Towne Center seems to bring in lesser  More

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Over 10 years ago

I grew up in Bowie in the 1980s. At the time, despite being in PG County which was nicknamed DC's ugly city because its demographics and crime were similar to the  More

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Over 13 years ago

COST TO MUCH TO LIVE  More

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